Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM has its very own fairy dust-covered jar in the time capsule of my iconic teenage theatre experiences. I strongly suspect that a similar jar is being dusted and stored in the memory of each middle-schooler with whom I had the privilege to attend Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production on Tuesday morning.
Review: PERFECT ARRANGEMENT at Pride Films and Plays
(l-r) Eric Lindahl, Riley Mondragon, Lane Anthony Flores, Autumn Teague, Amber Snyder, Armando Reyes. Photo by Paul Goyette. By Haley Slamon Social activist Desmond Tutu once famously said, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” But does that quote apply when your...
Timely TEMPERAMENTALS Lives Loud and Proud
(left to right) Alex Weisman, Lane Anthony Flores, Kyle Hatley, Paul Fagen and Rob Lindley in About Face Theatre’s Chicago premiere of THE TEMPERAMENTALS by Jon Marans, directed by Andrew Volkoff. Photo by Michael Brosilow. Review: THE TEMPERAMENTALS at About Face Theatre By Elizabeth Ellis In early 1950’s America, conformity...